3. The Taste Argument:

“I love the way meat tastes. I won’t deprive myself of this. Therefore, I should be able to eat meat.”

Objection 1: This argument leaves open the possibility that a person can say, “I love the way human meat tastes.” This principle is an argument to eat anything and treat the victim as badly as you like.

Objection 2: Think about what it would sound like to argue as follows: “I like the way it sounds so I don’t see why I should give it up,” when someone asks you why you’re hitting infants on the head with a hammer. Or, “I like the way it smells when I burn human flesh!” One who makes this argument leaves open the possibility that any sensation that brings pleasure is something that it’s OK to enjoy, no matter what it entails to enjoy it! “I have fun when I beat my wife after drinking.”